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I got punched a couple of times in a club on Saturday night.
Whilst my mates and the bouncers were helping clean me up the police came, and took a brief statement.
The cop is phoning me back tomorrow night to see if i want to press charges on the guy (they reckon they can find him from CCTV etc)
What would you do?
I am kind of in the mind that it is not really worth the hassle. (i'm ok with no serious damge)
What do you think?
Whilst my mates and the bouncers were helping clean me up the police came, and took a brief statement.
The cop is phoning me back tomorrow night to see if i want to press charges on the guy (they reckon they can find him from CCTV etc)
What would you do?
I am kind of in the mind that it is not really worth the hassle. (i'm ok with no serious damge)
What do you think?
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I say go for it.
Are these people local to you do you know? If there is a chance that your going to bump into them soon I wouldnt, you might end up getting into more trouble.
So, i dont think id bother, whats the point?
hed prob just get a warning or somethin and then you got the risk of all his mates comin after u!
Press charges.
NinjaMaster, do you think that the kind of sentence the guy could get would stop him doing something similar again?
What if the hearing was scheduled for the same date as one of my exams or a coursework deadline etc. That would seriously piss me off...........
Anyone on here know much about legal proceedings etc?
I have zero experience of dealing with the law etc.
Maybe? Who knows how the mind of the muppet works. If he's hell bent on smacking people for no reason then nothing will probably stop him until he gets sent to jail and becomes someones bitch.
Itd just be a magistrates appearance in all likelihood, theyll arrest the man, charge him, ibterview him and put him in court the next morning. The only oproblem would be if he decided he wanted a Crown Court trial, but any defence solicitor worth their salt would tell them to stay in the magistrates court because the sentence would be less.
A fine would be the most likely punishment, IMHO.
True, but he could sue in the civil law for battery, and he would receive damages straight from the man who punched him.